THE PADDLE REGISTER · 2026 · NOT OUT YET

RPM Jade

Still preorder only. RPM says shipping starts the first week of October. Not yet on either approval list; UPA-A reported as pending.

List price: $269.99
On sale: Preorder · ships first week of October, 2026date known to the month
Build: Full foam (Gen 4)
Thickness: 14 / 16mm
Shapes: Elongated · Widebody
Warranty: Limited lifetime (manufacturing defects)

photos and colorways at rpmpb.com ↗ its row on the 2026 calendar

Drawn to scale from the published dimensions. Left: the face. Right: cut away to the core. An original drawing, not a product photo.

USA PICKLEBALLPending Sanctioned amateur play. rpmpb.com ↗

UPA-APending PPA Tour and MLP. pickleball.com ↗

QUIET CATEGORYNot listed USAP's under-80 dB list for noise-restricted courts.

PATENTSBrand is contesting JOOLA's patent case Brand-level status, from the ITC case file and settlements.

Status checked Sep 21, 2026. Lists change; confirm on the USAP and UPA-A lists before a tournament.

TIMELINE

Aug 28, 2026 PREORDER Jade listings published on rpmpb.com at $269.99 as pre-orders (Shopify published_at). rpmpb.com ↗
Sep 15, 2026 PREORDER Pickleball.com reports 10,000+ preorders, UPA-A approval still pending, and a flat-top hybrid planned for November or December. pickleball.com ↗
Oct 2026 SHIPPED RPM product pages: pre-orders start shipping the first week of October 2026. rpmpb.com ↗

HOW IT IS BUILT

MPP floating foam core; soft EVA foam wrap. Face: SICmatrix: silicon carbide particles embedded in the epoxy before pressing, over an axial carbon layup.

1MPP floating foam core
2soft EVA foam wrap

Face: SICmatrix: silicon carbide particles embedded in the epoxy before pressing, over an axial carbon layup

Construction per pickleball.com ↗

RPM's pages state 'Approval Body: USAP PBCoR .43' and Pickleball.com says production units ship with the USAP stamp, but no Jade entry is on the USAP list or the UPA-A list as of 2026-09-21. John Kew's ball cannon rated the SICmatrix grit Tier 1 under a 200-shot wear protocol (per Pickleball.com). Still pre-order only on 2026-09-21; grip 4.125 in.

Jade 16mm Widebody

VARIANTS · PUBLISHED AND MEASURED NUMBERS

Variant	Shape	Length × width	Handle	Core	Weight	Swingweight	Twistweight	From
Jade 16mm Elongated	elongated	16.5 × 7.5 in	5.5 in	16 mm	7.8 oz	112	6.2	rpmpb.com ↗
Jade 14mm Elongated	elongated	16.5 × 7.5 in	5.5 in	14 mm	7.7 oz	112	6	rpmpb.com ↗
Jade 16mm Widebody	widebody	16 × 8 in	5.5 in	16 mm	7.8 oz	107	6.9	rpmpb.com ↗
Jade 14mm Widebody	widebody	16 × 8 in	5.5 in	14 mm	7.7 oz	104	6.8	rpmpb.com ↗

Swingweight and twistweight are each lab's own measurement of its own sample. Unit-to-unit variance is normal.

MEASURED BY THE LABS

Pickleball.comReview · pickleball.com

The register does not re-measure paddles or copy a lab's numbers wholesale. Power, pop and spin belong to the people with the radar guns; go read them.

FIELD REPORTS · AFTER YOU BUY IT

Reviewers measure a paddle new. Nobody measures it at hour sixty.

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Keep a bag on Rally: log the hours you put on this paddle, when the grit fades, and when it goes dead. It stays on your device until you press "send a wear report", and the report carries no name.

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